Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Richard Bush

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 13:36, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Richard Bush

Dubious validity, and non-notable. Wikipedia is not a genealogical directory, and this guy is notable, if at all, only for who his descendants might be. But even that is unclear; the article cites a single reference which doesn't mention this individual, and the content of the article itself seems dubious. How did the "son of a poor man" become an Army general? In which Army? In the 18th century British army, you didn't become a general unless you were from a noble family or similarly privileged background. And the article admits that any relationship to the George Bush family is purely speculative. Russ Blau (talk) 16:00, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

• Delete. Russ Blau covered all the bases on why this should be deleted. Not verifiable. I would have no prob with merging into Bush Family if a source was found, however. youngamerican (ahoy-hoy) 16:03, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete speculative, unsourced. Guy 20:59, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
• Comment see also Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Henry Bush --141.156.232.179 18:06, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. --Storkk 07:48, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Wikipedia is not a genealogical directory. Stancel Spencer 09:15, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

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